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Tom Selleck Has Allegedly Been Stealing an Assload of Water During the California Drought

A water truck secretly siphoned water from a fire hydrant and drove it back to Selleck's ranch, the Calleguas Municipal Water District claims.
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Mustachioed actor and avocado farmer Tom Selleck has become the most recent target of "drought shaming" after court documents released yesterday revealed he has been allegedly stealing water from a fire hydrant in Thousand Oaks, California, since 2013 to service his 60-acre ranch and farm. The Calleguas Municipal Water District claims to have spent $21,685.55 on the water thievery investigation, which they are now demanding back from the Magnum P.I. star along with court and attorney fees.

The District says it saw a commercial water truck fill up using a hydrant next to a construction site in Thousand Oaks, only to covertly slink back to the Selleck property in Hidden Valley, where Selleck most likely sprayed the water in sweeping arcs across his lush avocado fields, laughing maniacally, as the rest of the state of California withered away from drought.

This hydrant siphoning reportedly happened seven times between September 20 and October 3, 2013. The District's cease-and-desist letters went unanswered, as the same white commercial water truck was seen continuing to fill up and disappear into the Selleck residence through the rest of 2013.

The lawsuit filed against the actor also includes allegations that the water truck was seen doing the exact same thing for four days straight last March. Risky move, Magnum. Looks like not even that moustache can escape the long arm of the law.